Evidence on the political economy of the urbanization process

Davis, James C.; Henderson, J. Vernon

doi:10.1016/s0094-1190(02)00504-1

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“…They may also serve as intermediate variables to each other, when impacting the economy. Economic growth may in turn also affect either electricity consumption or urbanisation (see Abdel-Rahman et al 2006;Davis and Henderson, 2003;Liu, 2009;Shahbaz and Lean, 2012a). In the Angola case, inclusion of urbanisation as a control variable is plausible as there are territorial dimensions to distribution of electricity in the country, with the effect of booming economic activities are concentrated in the urban centres, which are responsible for most of the electricity consumed in the country.…”

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Trivariate causality between economic growth, urbanisation and electricity consumption in Angola: Cointegration and causality analysis

2013

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This paper investigates the causal relationship between economic growth, urbanisation and electricity consumption in the case of Angola, utilizing the data over the period of . We have applied Strazicich (2003, 2004) unit root test to test the stationarity properties of the series. Gregory-Hansen structural break cointegration procedure as complement, we employed the ARDL bounds test to examine long run relationship. The VECM Granger causality test is subsequently used to examine the direction of causality between economic growth, urbanisation and electricity consumption. Our results indicate the existence of long run relationship. We further observe evidence in favour of bidirectional causality between electricity consumption and economic growth. The feedback hypothesis is also found between urbanization and economic growth. Urbanization and electricity consumption Granger cause each other. We conclude that Angola is an energy (electricity) dependent country. Consequently, the relevant authorities should boost electricity production as one of the means of achieving sustainable economic development for long span of time.

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Trivariate causality between economic growth, urbanisation and electricity consumption in Angola: Cointegration and causality analysis

2013

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“…It has been shown that there is a high correlation between the proportion urban and the level of develop-ment, measured either by gross domestic product (GDP) or by the human development index (HDI) (Davis and Henderson 2003;Njoh 2003;Woods 2003). Though the causal relationship between urbanisation and development is far from clear, an endogenous projection model should apply differently depending on the specific urban history of the country at stake and should not necessarily lead to a high proportion urban for all countries or regions of the world.…”

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World Urbanization Prospects

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2005

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“…As a result, the scale of urbanization expands over time [1,2]. Urbanization also reflects changes in industrialization, technological modernization, and social changes in the country [3].…”

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Dynamic Coupling Analysis of Urbanization and Water Resource Utilization Systems in China

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Wang

2016

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While urbanization brings economic and social benefits, it also causes water pollution and other environmental ecological problems. This paper provides a theoretical framework to quantitatively analyze the dynamic relationship between water resource utilization and the process of urbanization. Using data from Jiangsu province, we first construct indices to evaluate urbanization and water resource utilization. We then adopt an entropy model to examine the correlation between urbanization and water resource utilization. In addition, we introduce a dynamic coupling model to analyze and predict the coupling degree between urbanization and water resource utilization. Our analyses show that pairing with rising urbanization during 2002-2014, the overall index of water resource utilization in Jiangsu province has experienced a "decline -rise-decline" trend. Specifically, after the index of water resource utilization reached its lowest point in 2004, it gradually began to rise. Water resource utilization reached its highest value in 2010. The coupling degree between urbanization and water resource utilization was relatively low in 2002 and 2003 varying between −90 • and 0 • . It has been rising since then. Out-of-sample forecasts indicate that the coupling degree will reach its highest value of 74.799 • in 2016, then will start to gradually decline. Jiangsu province was chosen as our studied area because it is one of the selected pilot provinces for China's economic reform and social development. The analysis of the relationship between provincial water resource utilization and urbanization is essential to the understanding of the dynamic relationship between these two systems. It also serves as an important input for developing national policies for sustainable urbanization and water resource management.

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Evidence on the political economy of the urbanization process

Cited by 368 publications

References 49 publications

Trivariate causality between economic growth, urbanisation and electricity consumption in Angola: Cointegration and causality analysis

Trivariate causality between economic growth, urbanisation and electricity consumption in Angola: Cointegration and causality analysis

World Urbanization Prospects

Dynamic Coupling Analysis of Urbanization and Water Resource Utilization Systems in China

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